Tree path 3 levels Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D35 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.
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- ECO code
- D35
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
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